Felis manul Pallas, 1776 . Reise Prov. Russ. Reichs., 3: 692.

TYPE LOCALITY: U.S. S. R., S.W. Transbaikalia, Buryat-Mongolsk. A.S.S. R.; S. of Lake Baikal, Kulusutai .

DISTRIBUTION: Steppe and semidesert from Caspian Sea to Kashmir, Transbaikalia, Mongolia, and C. China, north to Inner Mongolia and east to Hopei (SW).

PROTECTED STATUS: CITES - Appendix II as Felidae .

ISIS NUMBER: 5301412007001016001.